Search Jira issues with JQL via the current v3 endpoint (/rest/api/3/search/jql — old /search returns 410 Gone)
domain: atlassian.com · 8 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Do NOT call GET/POST /rest/api/3/search — deprecated (announced 2024-10-31, removal effective from 2025-05-01, changelog CHANGE-2046); it now returns HTTP 410 Gone.
GET https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/search/jql?jql=<JQL>&maxResults=50&fields=summary,status,assignee.
JQL must be bounded (contain a search restriction, e.g. assignee = currentUser() order by key); an unbounded 'order by' alone is rejected. orderBy supports at most 7 fields.
Set fields explicitly — the default is id ONLY (unlike the old /search default of *navigable); omitting fields returns near-empty issue objects.
Paginate with nextPageToken: resend the returned token until the response omits it (isLast=true); there is no total/startAt. maxResults caps at 5000 and pages shrink automatically for heavy field/property requests.
For large/complex JQL use POST /rest/api/3/search/jql with the same params in the JSON body. For counts use POST /rest/api/3/search/approximate-count with {"jql":"..."}.
Auth: Basic (email:API token) or OAuth2 read:jira-work.
Official docs: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-search/ and https://developer.atlassian.com/changelog/#CHANGE-2046
Known gotchas
410 Gone from /rest/api/3/search is a hard removal, not retryable — migrate to /search/jql.
fields defaults to id only; agents assuming full payloads silently get near-empty objects.
Pagination changed from startAt/total to nextPageToken/isLast; progress-by-total code breaks — use approximate-count if you need a count.
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